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Nicanor

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Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« on: December 27, 2007, 01:29:03 AM »
I drilled a N-Sane for my Son and me and the ball does very little for either of us even in medium oil.  We tried them at three different houses the first (only I tried the N-Sane on this shot) being a Christmas tree shot and the N-Sane was even weak on this oil pattern.  We tried it on a shot where we don't know the amount of oil, but its 3-1.  The manager of the bowling alley was trying to lower scores so he put enough oil on the outside to slow down the stand left throw right high scoring shots.  No luck on this shot either.

The third house was my Son's afternoon league.  I bowled a 6 game league on the lanes in the morning and there was a league after us and then my Son's league.  There is no re-oiling till after my Son's league on my Son's league side of the house.  This was the first place he threw the N-Sane.  We got there early for him to throw a game.  He started to throw the ball and it skidded way too far to ever recover.  After a couple of shots we found out they had already oiled that side of the house.  When he went to the side of the house where his league would be, the lanes had not been oiled.  The N-Sane worked extremely well on this left over shot.  It had been bowled on all day without being re-oiled.

So this is not a slam on the N-Sane and I know I could adjust the cover, but he already has a Resurgence, Black Widow and Attitude Shift so he doesn't need another heavy or medium heavy oil ball.

Just wanted to know if this ball was intended for lighter oil or short oil.




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NicholasE

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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2007, 09:31:48 AM »
Well its intended for medium oil. But you have to remember with this cover stock it has to have some dry boards to react because its a pearl ball at 4000 abralon. Sounds like the layout used on the ball is just weak to me or was drilled for an arc as to where this is more of a skid/snap ball. Do you have any pictures and whats the bowlers track and all that good stuff?

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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2007, 11:43:59 AM »
Yeah sounds like a drilling issue mine hooks a ton on everything except the floods.
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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2007, 12:38:07 PM »
Thats for sure a drilling issue... I have seen 2 of them in action and they hook a ton, even on the fresh house shot..
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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2007, 01:51:48 PM »
So what drilling (pin position/MB) did you drill into the N-Sane to get this tremendous hook out of this ball.  My drill in pin under the ring finger and the MB kicked about 2 1/2 inches right of the thumb.  My track is medium (4 7/8 and 5/8 up.  I know that the PAP makes a difference in drilling and knowing how the ball is drilled is equally as important as the PAP.

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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2007, 01:59:55 PM »
Thats just not a really good choice on layout for a PAP like that. The layout that you chose is more of a low track players layout with a sharp break point.

Check out www.morichbowling.com and look at the sharp break point layout for someone with a Medium PAP (which is what you have). The pin should be right of the ring, 3 3/8" from pin to pap and 5 1/4" from MB to PAP with the GC about 2" below the pin.

I think that would have been the better choice because this ball is ment for big backend and its a pearl. Im a medium track player as well and most pin down layouts just skids on a pearl ball. I thorw about 17MPH + so I need a stronger layout.
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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2007, 02:04:16 PM »
Both of the ones I saw had pin above or beside the ring with the cg stacked under and the mb in the strong 75 degree position. Pin under the ring was probably the wrong drilling for that ball.. I would have not drilled it that way..
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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2007, 02:20:52 PM »
Do you have to go by the drill sheet or can you use No's Dual Angle layout?
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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2007, 02:29:02 PM »
If your not familer with the Dual angle or really studied it, it can be confusing. A drill sheet on the other hand is like a drawn map with not really much guess work, the dual angle should be a great thing as long as the driller FULLY understands what its talking about. Even Mo adds at the end that only a good driller can do this and they have to know how to properly do the work based on the 3 things needed to do the dual angle.

The dual angle really is just a more precise way to find the same thing you can with just a drill sheet but there is advantages to one as oposed to the other I would imagine.
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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2007, 06:19:08 PM »
I drilled the LEV rg the same way,  Is this also true the LEVrg?

Do I plug and re-drill these balls?

Thanks again.

Barry


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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2007, 06:37:13 PM »
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I drilled the LEV rg the same way,  Is this also true the LEVrg?

Do I plug and re-drill these balls?

Thanks again.

Barry


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Well with the levrg I would go with a arching type layout. Most of the time with a ball intended for heavy oil you will want to get more of a roll instead of a hooking motion, to help concur the heavy oil if thats your intention. Most of the time you can achieve that by drilling the ball with the pin up above the ring finger and MB in a strong position. Its hard to tell what the layout should be without knowing more about the bowler. You don't want a strong layout put on a ball for a bowler that bowls about 15MPH unless your wanting to play deep and if you put a strong layout on a morich you will be playing deep on a THS.
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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2007, 07:55:53 PM »
Nicanor I drilled my Levrg w/ pin under ring finger and I hated it. I plugged and re-drilled it to a pin above ring and the ball still rolls heavy but now has a much bigger backend.  My pap is 5 3/4 and 1/4 up

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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2007, 09:31:11 PM »
Thank you for all the replies.

I asked Buddies Pro Shop to look at this post.  Buddies Pro Shop sold me all of these bowling balls and gave me drilling recommendations.  I gave these drilling recommendations to the Pro Shop operator here in CA but he drilled them the way he wanted to anyway.

You won't believe this:

Chris from Buddies Pro Shop called me very late his time to talk to me about the email I sent him and this post.  He agreed with you all and the pro shop operator did not drill them correctly.  Even better, Chris is sending me UPS shipping data to ship all three bowling balls back to him at Buddies Pro Shop where they will plug, re-drill and ship the bowling balls back to me in time for me to take them to the Military Bowling Championships in Las Vegas in January.  At no charge.  I will pay any shipping and anything else needed to be fair, but is that customer service or what.  The ball driller here in CA drills the ball perfectly for fit, but he just doesn't stay on top of the bowling equipment and recommended layouts.  Now the pro shop operators at Buddies Pro Shop will have three bowling balls to get my Son's and my specs so they can drill future bowling balls for my Son and I.

I'll let you know how it works out.

Thanks again for your replies.


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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2007, 09:35:36 PM »
thats great! buddies has some great staff!hope it turns out great for you!
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Re: Is the N-Sane a light oil ball?
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2007, 05:05:18 AM »
That sounds awesome. Buddies is great when it comes to customer service. IMO, other online pro shops need to learn some things from them..
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